I don’t know - #3 sounds like more than a small success.

Hooray for maternal triumphs!

Blessings to all…

Oh, prescription coverage is a huge, complicated, frustrating thing. Congrats!

I had one—- I know I did—- but I can’t remember today! Oh well.

1.  I stayed calm (and actually laughed) when my 1 & 2 year old found the flour while helping me unpack groceries and proceeded to antique each other.

2.  I put the laundry away before the kids had a chance to unfold it.

3.  I organized the freezer (I didn’t mind the lack of order but it drove my husband nuts).

- I filled my bird feeders for the first time in months.

- I didn’t freak when I returned from a trip to Walmart to discover that of the two necessities on my list (Valentines and candy), only the candy made it home. Argh!

- I had women over and accepted with humility the fact that my house isn’t at its best.

I’m 15 weeks pregnant and “detach” is becoming a way of life. For me, that spells success.

Kelly

I love your 3 success stories. Hope #2 works out!

Mine are up! 

Maureen Griffin (#4), congrats on #1.  I’m not sure I would have remained calm.  Did you get pictures?

I put mine on my blog

(I also posted this on the wrong post originally, whoops)

God bless all of you!!! As I read the small successes I had an “Aha!” moment (please excuse me for referring to Oprah). I have been feeling so absolutely alone in my struggles at home lately. The homeschooling isn’t going as well as I would like, the house is a mess, the laundry is unfolded, etc., etc., etc. But I realized this morning…these are all our struggles. Thank you all for sharing! Here are my small successes…

1. I took all four little ones out into the snow (it was more like ice) the other day and managed not to get too stressed out, at least until my 4 year old slipped and landed on her face.
2. I took the kids to Michael’s to pick out craft materials to make St. Valentine’s Day cards for Godparents and Grandparents. Then we actually came home and made them. And I don’t think I yelled too much about the mess.
3. I mailed the above mentioned cards and I think they will get to their recipients by Saturday. Yippee!!!

i played along.  this week was a great time for me to recognize some of what i have accomplished.  with four sick kids and much to be done, i was feeling overwhelmed by the lack of productivity!

1.  I attended the healing Mass at Our Lady of Hope with my 11 year old daughter.  We prayed five full rosaries and went to Confession. I learned about spiritual and physical healing and completely gave myself over to the Holy Spirit - yep, I “fell over” (rested in the Spirit) For those who doubt, healing is a real charismatic gift even modern times!

2. I printed out the St. Augustine quote from Kimberlee’s site to make Valentines with the kids tomorrow - maybe we’ll even get them in the mail to their grandparents before noon.

3. I took time for spiritual reading, prayer, and quiet before breakfast!

1.  I finally got the last thank you written and in the mail.  It was from Christmas!  I do have a small good excuse.  My youngest was born the end of October and with so much family living far away, all those “new baby” gifts were sent. Then it was Christmas gifts.  Then we had Louis’ Baptism on the Baptism of Our Lord, and with that more gifts arrived! 
2.  I actually mailed 3 Valentine’s!  Yes, from a Hallmark pack of 10 I bought 2 years ago and finally unsealed the plastic!  Maybe I will mail the other 7 next year.
3.  When it finally reached record high temps of 60 degrees in our area of Ohio yesterday, and the boys begged to stay outside longer…and longer instead of having lunch or getting stuff done around the house, I let them and didn’t complain too much.
4. I talked to my Mom on the phone today and…..I caught myself!!!  I found myself ready to correct her and tell her she was making a big deal about nothing, and I remembered that it must be a big deal to her.  So I listened intstead of minimizing.

Baby lambs?!!  Oh, how sweet!  What a precious gift for the entire family…

Thanks for sharing your small successes, Danielle!

Only one so far, but to me it is a BIGGIE!

Got the kids (4 yo and 2 yo) to daycare and me to work without any tears!—DD has been quite the grumpy one the past 2 days.

I am so envious of the idea of lambs. I miss seeing sheep around here. Has your daughter read the James Herriot children’s stories?

1. I received an excellent review from my employer for the year

2. All my Tax stuff is together and organized for the trip to the tax accountant for tomorrow.

3. I am all ready for Valentines Day (Was ready as of yesterday actually)—for the kids’ parties and DH & I gifts to our kids.

I really enjoyed doing this.  I think we sometimes get all wrapped up in the “BIG” successes, that we forget to acknowledge the little stuff.

I put mine up on my blog!

Love this idea.  Moms do need to pat themselves on the back no matter how little the feat! Thanks!
Tara

This is my first time participating.  I’ve loved reading everyone else’s.

1. Got the taxes all ready to go. Just need to go to the accountant.

2. Had the Valentines and candy ready to go BEFORE my son’s ECFE class and I didn’t leave them at home!

3. Have cleaned off all the ceiling fans in the house and got to the top of all the cabinets (that collect dust bunnies) in the house!

Posted mine, found it harder this week.  Mmm makes me think, why?

I’d been feeling kind of useless this week, but after taking the time to do a small successes post I feel a lot better!

I was wondering if I could share you small success idea with more spanish speaking bloggers. I think it is a beautiful way to value our little efforts and find our own little way to sainthood.
Thanks for this great idea!

I managed to remember to reschedule some doctor’s appointments, in the midst of a very hectic and stressful week.  I even canceled my Physical Therapy today because I am too exhausted and stressed to go.

1.  Got all of our tax information together and organized (including my home based biz) and taken to the accountant on Monday after work.

2.  Bought and completed creative Valentines for a grade school child and a pre-school child, without completely ignoring the baby.

3.  Spoke with husband’s previous boss and broke ice about spouse returning to old workplace part-time while hours at newer job are cut due to economic slump.  He started today!  (Prior boss ran into me and expressed concern.  My husband had planned on visiting with him later in the day, but I was also scared that pride may have had him procrastinate the talk.  So although I know it’s best not to meddle, I also took the boss’s appearance as an indication that maybe a mention would be a positive step.)

It’s been a long day - I needed this!

1.  I got dd to karate on time.
2.  I sang songs happily with my children for the 4th day in a row as part of school. 
3.  We said our Rosary decade together.

Today I held a family meeting where everyone got to voice their feelings.  The need for the meeting arose because there had been some
‘difficulty’ while I was not present.  We went from from youngest to oldest through the drama of it all letting each of the six children voice their version. I found it extremely informative helping me to handle the situation calmly and properly while allowing each of the children to willingly accept responsibility for their actions though this meeting took about an hour. It was nice that everyone had to learn how to respectfully wait their turn.  The children could talk about anything when it was their turn, but no one was allowed to talk out of turn or interrupt. In the end, I felt it had turned out well.  It seems that everyone (including the child who had been “told on” ) was at peace! Amen! Thank you Lord!

#1 got my sewing machine working after years. even made a little skirt for my only daughter.
#2 Made a homemade organic stew
#3filled our bird feeders for Project Feeder Watch

1. Finished my talks I am giving for diocesan marriage prep last night even though I really felt like curling up with a good book (and my husband!)
2. Finished the weekly ironing yesterday while the girls played happily (and the baby was asleep).  I usually put off ironing until after bedtime.  It is a big deal for me to do it during the day.
3. Managed to work out AND shower before all children were up this morning.

Great idea.  I am glad I found out about this.  Small steps lead to success.

1.  In yoga, I did the “crow” and managed to stay up for a few seconds.
2.  I invited our favorite friends over for a Saturday night Valentine’s Day dinner.
3.  I had my car serviced.

I made a meatloaf in the shape of the Lombardi Superbowl Trophy for my 7 boys.

Annie M, I say that ‘s a BIG success. How awesome are you?